A Grand Irish House Party and a Missing Jewel Mystery
Mrs Clarence and Sir Lucien Adare host a restless gathering at Carrig Castle in Ireland. May Adare and Gilbert Grey clash with Eustace Everard and Hilary Adare while talk turns to a forgotten jewel theft and a shadow of an unknown cousin living nearby.
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Mr. McGrath
Gilbert Grey
May
Titania
Eustace Everard
Mrs. Clarence
Ile
Europe
Dolly
Tie
Ieverard
Captain _Adgie
McGrath
Sassype
Piden Sips May
Lucien
Silary
Cousin Revealed After Long Forgetfulness
A pause fills the room as Hilary recalls a cousin mentioned by May. The family learns she has been living near seven miles away with relatives of her father, Deane, since her mother’s death six years ago, and has now returned from Paris.
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H Hilary
May
Hilary
Lucien
Mrs. Clarence
Paris
Everard
Deane
Mary
Shape of the Sky and the Horizon Illusion
Professor J. M. Peinter discusses the apparent form of the sky vault. He concludes the vertical section resembles a circle segment with about forty degrees at the center. The segment explains horizon flattening and effects like larger sun and moon near the horizon and oval halos at low altitudes.
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J. M. Peinter
Not Quite A Sure Lead In A Curious Exchange
In a whimsical dialogue a group debates luck and effort, mentioning Lem Boggs and Zeb Iurges, as they laugh at ambitious plans and the idea of starting at the bottom to climb up. A moralizer weighs in on who achieves success and how one might escape danger.
Mrs. Binks Leads Dress Reform Cleaners in Cleveland
The Cleveland Leader notes Mrs. Binks as a prominent figure in the dress reform movement. She operates a cleaning and dyeing establishment, shaping local fashion reform through practical services.
Memorial Day and the Nation’s Silent Tribute
A solemn reflection on Memorial Day as a rite of national memory. The piece honors fallen soldiers, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and Decoration Day’s aim to sanctify a generation, urging half mast colors and reverent observance rather than frivolity. It emphasizes unity, sacrifice, and patriotic duty across decades.
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Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Ruskin
Republic
Lee
The Grand Army Remembered in Bloom of May
Florence Fay recounts the Grand Army's fading ranks and honored dead as a nation unites. Voices diminished yet the regiments march in memory while drums mute and flags lower. May crowns and blooms honor fallen heroes across shore to shore.
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Bisle Florence Fay
Diary, diary saved Wannall by diary and towel at Chancellorsville
The report recounts Andrew French who enlisted as Andrew Page, won a pension under the alias, and how George Wannall’s life was saved when a Confederate bullet pierced his towel and diary, later identified through memories shared by comrades. The tale ends with Sumner's grand vision for universal peace and education.
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Andrew French
Andrew Page
Third
Maryland Infantry
Baltimore American
Ile
Chancellorsville
Andrew Wage
French
Page
J. M
Ludsburg
Trench
William St. Walter
Wannall
Shfin
Admiral Schley Visited Bangor After Spanish War
Admiral Schley paid a visit to Bangor Maine soon after the Spanish war ending. General Joseph Smith hosted a reception with many townspeople invited. Crowds gathered from far and near to glimpse the admiral as Mrs Pearsons home faced the scene and Mrs Casey appeared on the steps clutching something in her hand.
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Admiral Schley
Bangor
Joseph Smith
Mrs. Pearsons
General Smith
Mrs. Casey
Medal and a Night of Quiet Valor on Manila Front
Mrs. Casey presents a bronze medal to a mother for her son who earned the medal at Manila. The reading plaque bore To the Man Behind the Gun. On James Island a wounded soldier screams in pain as General Williams admonishes him for noise, comparing his cries to severed heads nearby.
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Williamna
James Island
South Carolina
Wiliams
Bible at a Battle Dead Guarded by Psalm Words
Among Confederate dead near Richmond a young soldier lay unburied for days. Worms had fed on his flesh, yet a skeleton hand rested on an open Bible with the twenty third Psalm read aloud: Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
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Richmond
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Doungerford
Chaapter I
Mis
Clarence
Antipodes
Ireland
Mr. Twoomey
Carrigmabon
Bryan Deane
Efe
Mary Adare
Captain Adare
Owen McGrath
Fes
Mr. Methrough
Gilbert
Owen
Dolly Clarence
Adare
Thlary
Mra Clarence
Grey
Toen
Lem Boggs
Deacon
Zeb
Blal
the Grand Army
Elhher
Charles Sumner
Hilsiide
Voice of Prayer
Song of Praise
Gan
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